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禮
禮 ＝ 示 ＋ 豊
ㄌㄧˇ · lǐ
noun — rite; courtesy; gift
字源 FORM — what the parts do
豊聲lǐ — gives the sound, exacta tall vessel (豆) heaped with strings of jade — the rite's own gear
The altar (示) and the loaded vessel (豊, lǐ — sound and offering in one): the ceremony itself. From the ceremony, everything it teaches: 禮貌、禮物、禮拜.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
玉串堆滿高腳的豊（豊），捧到神前（示），人深深一拜。
Jade piled high in the stemmed vessel (豊), carried before the altar (示) — and a deep bow.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)祭禮— the rite before the altar
→禮貌、有禮— courtesy常用
→禮物— a gift — what the rite carries in its hands
→禮拜— worship — and the week: 禮拜天常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension